Bagging platform and carrier attachment for harvester thrashers



BAGGING PLATFORM AND CARRIER ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTER THRASHERS Filed Jan. 21, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l z-snee cs-sheet 2 July 17, 1928.

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eLnMMA 1 It. 'RANEY, on RIVERSIDE, Ann PARNOLD" n. .mnnsozu, on cmcneog :ImzmoIs, ASSIGNORS T INTERNATIONAL :imra-vnsrnn: 'COMPANY,= OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION onnnw JERSEY. I J

BAGGING PLATFORM.JAND-.CARRIER ATTACHMENT FOR :HARVESTER I Application filed. January.21,.\1 926. Serial.N,0. 82,693.

'IThislinventionshasIto .do with harvester thrashers of the typefdesignefd to cut standthrashed grain :by means .of appropriate spouts to a bagging platform, where under the control of an operatorthe, grain is put up in} bags. More particularly this inventionrelates to. an improvedbaggingfplatform "for-harvester thrashers, the same. embodying a novel bag holder or carrier for allowing a'number offilled bags: to accumulate,fan'd then bymeans of a novel latching mechanism controlled bythe operator, to

dump the carrier and deposit the accumulate'd filled bags in a heap upon the field.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved and f etlicient bagging platform .-attachment for harvester thrashers.

' ment on harvester thrashers.

Another. important object is to provide for such. an attachment an improved bag carrier and/meansfor dumping the same to deposit the'filled. bags upon. the'field. I Inthe accompanying sheets of drawings is illustrated an embodiment of this invention which accomplishes theobjects stated,.;

'sion .of. the members.,23,.,and to theseplates arefsecured"boards25 to form an'inclined bag carrier, the carrier havingl upwardly inshown in Fig. 1 as viewed from the rear of the harvester, as indicated by line 22 shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bag carrier, per se, as viewed along the line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the latching mechanism which controls the discharge of accumulated filled bags from the carrier 2 platform.

The improved bagging platform and carrier, as already stated, is designed for attach Such harvester thrasher is indicated generally, so far as is necessary to the present disclosure, and, as shown, comprises a main carrying axle 10 to which is secured a main frame including a longitudinally extending main frame member 11, by means of a suitable bracket 12, the whole structure being supported on the thereto, are teued thereto horizontally arrange'd 'ba ck...

usual carrying wheels 13, only the stubblew'ardly disposed wheel being shown. Extending vertically upwardly from i, the

frame member 11, and ysecurlyffasterid standards 14, which "have "fas'- boards 15, the upper ends of the standards 14 carrying afcrosspiece l'6',to'whi'ch are forming." the operators platform, 20,. with .a' a position'facing.

seat 21 carried thereon in the bag holders 17. Cross braces; 22 are provided to truss and strengthen thefrfame structure, as shown.

QCarried' below: and fastened to the A 'frame of the platform are longitudinally and rearwardly extending, spaced 'frame members plates24 are fastened tothe angular extenlink in turn has an eye at its forward end,

loosely connecting with a depending arm of a crank 32 journaled in eyes .33 secured to the operators' platform. Another crank portion extends upwardly from the crank 32 and is conveniently arranged with respect to the foot of an operator seated on the seat 21. A spring 34 serves to hold the crank in position to help keep the tail board 27 up. A second spring 35 fastenedat one end to a cross plate 24 and at its other end to the latch bar 30 also functions to hold the tail board in its up position for the purpose of retaining filled bags on the carrier.

It is to be noted thatthe intermediate cross plate 24 carries centrally thereon in frame ;pieces 14,. the j frame.

.23 which, beyond therear end ofthe plat- I vforn;1,,are sharply, 'dOWn ardIybent. ,Gross v of't'h'e structure of this invention will now be made. Bags are supported in the usual as they fill.

tail board 27 being normally from the of course, weight of the filled bags, but when the bags line with the latch bar 30, a smallfdepending plate 36, the latch bar being provided with a notch 37 the plate 36 and notch 37 cooperating to form a positive locking'means for retaining-the tail board 27 in .itsv raised or up position. 7 v

A short summary of the operation and use wav on the holders 17,an opera-tor being seated on the seat 21 and watching the bags the operator sews itshut and, having removed the filled bag from the holder, it upon the inclined carrier platform, the locked in up position ,by the latching mechanism described, and preventing discharge of the bag. In this manner a number of bags are ermitted to accumulate. When the'carrier 1s filled, or when the operatorv arrives at a' have all been dumped, the springs 35 and 34 actquickly to return the tail board and latch bar to normal locked position with the tail board up.

The inclined by braces 38 and the entire platform and carrier may harvester thrasher frame b a brace 39.

It is also to be observed t at the improved When a'bag has been filled;

throws 5 carrier frame is strengthened be further secured to the bagging platform and carrier is so disposed on the harvester thrasher that the weight thereof is evenly distributed on the axle 10 ,of the machine, so as nearly as possible to maintain equilibrium thereof on-the axle as a fulcrum. a

It should be understood that only an illustrative embodiment of the invention has been described and illustrated and that the same may assume various modifications and isicapable of structural changes without departing from the spirit and scope thereof as indicated in the subjoined claims.

,What we claim is:

.1. The combination with a harvester thrasher' having a transverse axle and a frame, of a bagging platform and bag carrier attachment therefor, said attachment comprising a horizontally disposed operators platform carried on the frame sub stantially entirely forwardly of the axle and an inclined chute disposed substantially rearwardly of the-axle, a normally locked tail board for the chute,

and positioned substantially entirely to. one

side of said axle, and an inclined bagcarrier extending from the horizontally disposed platform, said inclined carrier being supported on the main frame entirely on the opposite side of said axle.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

CLEMMA R. RANEY. ARNOLD E. w; JOHNSON.

and means for releas-s A ing the tail board to dump the load from the 

